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Time had been moving faster than Elizabeth had expected it to. Before she knew it, her time with Hayley and Hope was over and she was back in New Orleans. In her absence there had been several sightings of Aurora trying to get into the garden. But never once was there a witch present to help take down the spell Elizabeth had Jess put up. From what Elizabeth was told, Aurora has just been watching and planning. Marcus had never once tried stepping past the barrier but others could now clearly see that he was working for the other side. It lead to Marcus turning on one of the witches that couldn't get the spell down.
When Elizabeth returned, she killed him. That was after she spent several hours interrogating him and threatening to bite him. He didn't give her much, but it was enough to know that Aurora in fact knew that Klaus's life was tied to the other Mikaelsons. Killing him would satisfy not only her need to see him dead but to also kill Elijah to allow her brother some kind of peace. To Aurora, Elizabeth was now in the way of that as well as her witches. Aurora had a plan now. That plan was to get rid of the witches that were closest to Elizabeth.
But even now as Elizabeth stood in front of Veronica and Jess explaining the importance of them staying somewhere safe, it didn't stop the unsettling feeling that was growing in Elizabeth. She didn't trust any of the other witches in that moment. She didn't know who was working for Aurora and trying to force it out of them would break the truce she had with the others. For now, she would keep the two witches she needed safe the most as close as possible.
"No Veronica." Elizabeth said shaking her head. Veronica had been trying to find some way out of Elizabeth's plan of keeping them isolated.
"Why not Liz?" Veronica asked almost pleading. "Josh has been watching over me the whole week that you were gone, what difference does it make now?"
"The difference is Aurora now wants you dead." Elizabeth said crossing her arms. "When I left, I didn't have a psychotic vampire going after you. Josh isn't going to be able to protect you from her."
"She's right." Jess said. "We aren't safe in the city."
"I'd rather you two stay in the city. Leaving the city, even the state would give reason for her to follow." Elizabeth said. There was no way to tell if Aurora was keeping tabs on the girls. And until she could get her hands wrapped around the psycho's heart, she probably wouldn't even allow them to leave her sight.
"What about your friend you go and visit?" Veronica asked. "Can't we go and stay with her or something? She's a hybrid right?"
Elizabeth sighed. "If I sent you there and Aurora followed, that would not only put you two and Hayley in danger it would put Hope in danger."
"As well as the Originals." Jess said.
"Exactly." Elizabeth said with a nod. "That would lead her right to where she wants to be and I can't have that. I cant have them in danger."
"Then what are we supposed to do?" Veronica asked. "Stay in some room locked away until you can kill her?" Elizabeth's eyebrow raised and a smirk grew on her face. Veronica shook her head the moment she seen the smirk on Elizabeth's face. "No." She shook her head whining a bit.
Veronica hit her head on the invisible barrier that kept her and Jess locked in the same room as Klaus. "I just had to open my mouth." Veronica said as she lifted her head away from the barrier for a moment before letting it fall against it once more.
"She just wants you safe." Jess said from her spot in the chair by the balcony. Jess had been keeping herself occupied by sewing away at her project.
"This is like isolation." Veronica said shaking her head against the barrier. "I feel like a prisoner."
"Imagine how he feels." Jess said as she pointed her needle towards Klaus.
Veronica looked over at Klaus. "What spell is keeping him like that?" She asked as turned and placed her back up against the barrier. While Veronica had known that Klaus had been in one of the rooms in the compound, she had never actively gone looking for the man. And now that she was stuck in a room with him, she might as well know more about the man.
"A blade is keeping him as he is." Jess said as she continued to sew away. Veronica was about to ask when Jess had continued to explain. "That blade was used for sacrificial magic. With that type of magic, the blade takes in the power of those it has killed. It's owner, before it came into possession of the Mikaelsons, had killed every vampire that was trapped in Marcel's garden to give it its power now."
"What exactly does that blade do?" Veronica asked as she took a few steps towards Klaus.
"It renders the victim unconscious. They are left in a state where all they feel is pure agony. But in Klaus's case, he is numb to it."
"How so? If this blade is powerful, wouldn't it do damage to Klaus even if he is an original?" Veronica had always been curious as to why Klaus had been left in the sealed room. She knew he was always there and that he was the link to his siblings' lives, but she wondered why he wasn't with them.
"Elizabeth had asked me to numb him from what he would feel the night she had placed him here." Jess said with a nod before looking over at Klaus.
"I don't get why he is here." Veronica said shaking her head. "Why isn't he awake and where ever his siblings are?"
"Did Elizabeth ever tell you why she ever came to New Orleans?" Jess asked looking at her.
"Because the Strix were planning on breaking the sirelines." Veronica said with a nod. "They had succeeded with Klaus's line."
"That makes him no longer feared." Jess said. "It makes him killable and his enemies will come for him if they knew he was around."
"But with Elizabeth keeping him here, don't they know that he is here?"
"If you were a vampire and wanted the body of your sire and you had to go through Elizabeth, would you?"
Veronica shook her head in response. "Then why is Aurora doing it?"
"She's psychotic." Jess said with a shrug. "Even the crazy ones do the most stupidest things."
Veronica nodded slightly as she looked at Klaus. "Can he hear us?" She asked curiously.
"That I do not know." Jess said as she placed her project down and stood, walking over to stand by Veronica. She looked at Klaus for a moment. Even though Klaus's eyes had been open, there didnt seem to be any signs that he could in fact hear them as they talked. "The only way we will ever know is when he wakes."
"When is that supposed to be?" Veronica asked looking at Jess.
"When ever Elizabeth can get the cures she needs for Freya, Elijah and Kol." Jess said with a nod.
"What about Rebekah, isn't she also tied to the spell?" Veronica had remembered Elizabeth saying that there had been four of the siblings hidden away.
"Hayley had found that cure." Jess said. "Elizabeth had told her where to find it and she did."
Veronica nodded and looked back towards Klaus. She wondered what was going on in his head while he is under that spell. She knew that it would be a while before Elizabeth could get the cures. And with Veronica's curiosity, she was going to have to ask Klaus once he was awake, what he had seen.
Downstairs, Elizabeth had been standing in front of a table that had several different maps on it, speaking with Josh and a few other vampires. She was trying to come up with a way to guard the compound just in case, Aurora didn't care about the Klaus decoy she had and decided to come for Jess and Veronica.
"Wouldn't it be better to just send them to visit Hayley?" Josh asked Elizabeth.
"Veronica had asked the same thing." Elizabeth said shaking her head slightly. "Having them go could place not only them, but as well as Hayley and Hope in danger." She left out the part about the Originals being there. "While I know Hayley would indeed keep them safe, I cant risk it."
"How is it not a risk when you go out to visit them?" One of the other vampires, Annette, asked.
"I'm not the one the psychotic bitch wants dead at the moment." Elizabeth said with a smile. "Eventually I will be, but at the moment, I believe she is only after a handful of people and I'm not on that list. Yet." Elizabeth shrugged as she looked back down at the maps. "As long as we keep eyes on the roof top and at these points here," Elizabeth pointed at a few places on the map. "we can keep them safe."
"For how long?" Annette asked. Before Elizabeth could answer Annette's question, her phone buzzed from a text. Looking at it, Elizabeth smirked a bit.
"Just for tonight." Elizabeth said putting her phone away. "Just to make sure Aurora hasn't tried compelling humans to try and do her dirty work."
"And if there are humans?" Josh asked.
"Knock them out to keep them down for a bit." Elizabeth said with a nod. "We'll make sure they are okay and we'll compel them to forget even meeting Aurora."
"What if they aren't human?" Annette asked.
"If they are a vampire, kill them." Elizabeth said looking at them. "Werewolf, knock them out and we'll have a chat with Mary about what punishments should be. As for if they are witches..." Elizabeth paused for a moment thinking about how to handle them. "Knock them out and then I will speak with them."
"So kill our own kind." Josh said with a nod. "Got it."
"They shouldn't be working with Aurora." Elizabeth said with a shrug.
Once the plans had all been made, Elizabeth allowed them to leave and she pulled out her phone and called Vincent.
You got my message. Vincent said once he answered.
"Yes I did." Elizabeth said. "Are you sure about it."
Yes, I am sure. The young witch that has been missing had sent me a message.
"How long has she been missing for?" This had been news to Elizabeth.
About two weeks. She's know to skip town from time to time and her parents weren't worried until they realized she hadn't taken anything with her.
"And with this message she sent you, are you sure it's not fake?" Elizabeth wanted to be sure before she placed a plan of hers into action.
I'm positive.
"Then it is settled." She said with a nod more to herself.
Just don't kill the girl Liz.
"I'll try not to." She said jokingly before hanging up the phone and walked out of the compound.
Elizabeth hid with in the shadows of the garden. A she hid, there was this unsettling feeling that had began to grow. She had tried to ignore it. There was no way that she was just going to leave when Vincent had assured her, Aurora would be coming. She wanted to get this over with and have Aurora killed before she could do any more damage than she already had. She wanted to kill her and she could have easily waited outside for Aurora to in fact make her way to the garden, but missing the opportunity to see Aurora's reaction when she finds out that Klaus wasn't there, Elizabeth just had to hide inside the garden.
It had been some time before Elizabeth had finally heard Aurora's voice as well as another. From her spot, Elizabeth could not see the entry way to the garden, but she knew it wouldn't be long before they were in her view.
"There is no barrier up." Elizabeth heard a young female voice say.
"I hope you aren't lying to me, witch." Aurora said and Elizabeth could hear her dragging the witch with her. "We both know that would be bad for you."
"I-I'm not lying." She said and Elizabeth could hear that she was clearly afraid of Aurora.
A few steps in, Elizabeth could see them in front of the brick wall she had told the others she had hidden Klaus behind. "It is about time." Aurora said before slamming her fist through the bricks and creating an opening. She quickly pulled the bricks out of the way. Elizabeth could see her hands moving faster as Aurora had began to realize there was nothing there behind the wall.
"Looks like someone left a note." the young witch said as she stepped next to Aurora who was pouting slightly and pulled the note from the string that Elizabeth had purposely left.
Coming out of her shock, Aurora snatched the note away from the girl and unrolled it. In the shadows, Elizabeth's smirk grew. She could remember word for word what she had written on that note for her.
Sorry Darling, He isn't here. Had to spoil your plans.
You see, not all spoiled psychotic princesses get what they want.
Elizabeth could hear the growl from her spot and she couldn't stop the chuckle from passing her lips as she stepped away from her hiding place. "Looks like the mouse finally took the trap." Elizabeth could see some fear arise in Aurora's eyes. As she stepped closer to both of them, she seen the girl turn to leave, Elizabeth watched as she left the garden. "You really should stop kidnapping people."
"Something told me you'd be here." Aurora said not moving from her spot.
"And something told me you couldn't resist Klaus left on a silver platter waiting for you." Elizabeth said with a smile.
"Just like I knew you wouldn't be able to stop yourself from keeping that precious descendant of yours locked away in that compound you like to keep guarded." Aurora said returning the smile.
"You wouldn't be able to get to her even if you tried." Elizabeth said shaking her head.
"I may not be able to or anyone for that matter but," Aurora said as her smile grew into a smirk. "Compelled humans can be very useful when spying as well having certain vampires having the ability to throw things past invisible barriers."
Elizabeth's eyes widened a bit. "What did you do?" Elizabeth asked hoping that nothing serious had happened.
"I may not be able to or anyone for that matter but," Aurora said as her smile grew into a smirk. "Compelled humans can be very useful when spying as well having certain vampires having the ability to throw things past invisible barriers."
Elizabeth's eyes widened a bit. "What did you do?" Elizabeth asked hoping that nothing serious had happened.
"I'm basically giving you a choice. Deal with me now, or save your witches that could be dead even as we speak." Aurora said with a shrug as she turned to leave.
Before Aurora could take a step, Elizabeth had her neck snapped. She could have easily killed her in that moment, but Elizabeth decided on watching the woman suffer before she killed her. Tossing the woman over her shoulder, Elizabeth made her way back to the compound. The moment Elizabeth walked in, that unsettling feeling grew twice as big and it caused Elizabeth to just drop Aurora before making her way upstairs. Upstairs had been a mess. Elizabeth could see that there had been a struggle. As she had made her way down the hall, she found Josh's body with his neck snapped. He had only been a few steps away from the room that Jess and Veronica had been in. Walking into the room, a gasp left Elizabeth's lips as she found both Veronica in a corner with a metal piped in her gut.
"No!" Elizabeth rushed over to Veronica.
Once Elizabeth reached Veronica, she tried seeing what damage had been done, but Elizabeth knew better. If left this way or even pulling out the pipe, Veronica would die quickly. Elizabeth's eyes filled with tears and looked around for any of the vampires that were supposed to be on guard, but none of them seemed to be around and if she yelled for any of them, she wasn't sure they would make it on time.
"L-liz." Veronica said with tears in her eyes as she looked at Elizabeth. She was scared and a part of her knew that she could possibly die from this.
"Shh." Elizabeth said shaking her head and running her hand through her hair. "I'm going to fix you." She said with a nod.
Veronica nodded and watched as Elizabeth bit into her wrist and held it up to Veronica's mouth. Veronica latched on and drank away before pulling her mouth away a bit after. Elizabeth looked at the pipe and wrapped her hand around it and looked at Veronica. "This is going to hurt for a moment, but the blood is going to help some." She said before pulling out the pipe. She cringed slightly as Veronica's scream rang in her ears. Tossing the pipe aside, Elizabeth waited to make sure Veronica was in fact healed before she left her side to check on Jess.
Elizabeth sighed when she found Jess just unconscious. It made it better that she didn't have to heal Jess. Having one person with her blood in their system was enough. Picking up Jess, she placed her on the couch to keep her comfortable. She looked over at Klaus for a moment to make sure he had been okay. But the man looked exactly the same. He was untouched.
"You are going to be on a twenty four hour watch again." Elizabeth said as she looked over at Veronica. She had already looked so much better than she had a few moments ago.
"Is that really necessary?" Veronica asked looking at Elizabeth. She had already been on one already.
"You would have been dead, if I didn't just feed you my blood." Elizabeth said giving her a stern look. "We don't even know what will happen if you die with my blood in your system either. So that means you aren't leaving my sight for anything."
"Okay. Okay." Veronica said shaking her head slightly as she stood from her spot. "I get it."
"Good." Elizabeth said as she went out to the balcony looking for any signs of who had done this. When she had seen no one around, she sighed before walking back into the room. "Stay out of sight for a moment, got it?" Elizabeth said to Veronica as she passed her.
"I thought I was supposed to stay in your sight at all times." Veronica said and it earned a slight glare from Elizabeth before she left the room and headed down stairs.
Aurora had been in the same place Veronica had left her. Picking her up, Elizabeth placed her in a room before walking into the next room and grabbing a syringe filled with vervain. Going back into the room she injected Aurora with it before placing chains on the woman's wrists and ankles. "Better safe than sorry."Elizabeth said to Aurora even though she had still been knocked out. Once the woman wakes up, Elizabeth was going to have her fun with her.